Best PlacesSligo, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sligo, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Sligo ranks 37,817th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sligo
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Sligo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sligo ranks high
- Cheap childcare$398 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 82% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- QuietBetter than 71% of towns
Where Sligo ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sligo
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sligo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,056, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Sligo's effective rate of 0.28%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Sligo
Sligo runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sligo.
Who works in Sligo, and how
Work in Sligo centers on retail trade and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Sligo
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sligo.
What the weather is like in Sligo, month by month
Sligo sees roughly 101 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 70° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 71° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Sligo
The nearest airport, Waynesville-St Robert Regional Forney Field, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 89 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sligo
Schools across Sligo average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Wood Elem.B− · 43% proficient
- Viburnum ElementaryC− · 27% proficient
- Steelville Elem.D · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Steelville MiddleB− · 39% proficient
- Salem Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Steelville HighB− · 45% proficient
- Salem Sr. HighD+ · 24% proficient
- Viburnum HighD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sligo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sligo measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Sligo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sligo
Is Sligo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sligo ranks 37,817th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, low property taxes, and tree cover, and lowest on cell coverage and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sligo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $210,938. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $75,056 median income, cost of living beats 65% of towns.
Is Sligo safe?
Sligo is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $619 per resident a year.
Compare Sligo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sligo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sligo represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Sligo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sligo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sligo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sligo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sligo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sligo detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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